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Well, there is so much that is just factually and historically wrong with the Bible in particular...so I will just stick with that

Well, here we go!!!
I Kings 7:23 says that pi is three- It's 3.14159, and while 3 is pretty close, you end up with some really messed up answers if you use 3 instead of 3.14 in trying to determine the circumference of a circle, or the area.

Leviticus 11:13-19 These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, ... any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat
Deuteronomy 14:11-17 You may eat any clean bird. But these you may not eat: the eagle, ... any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
Er...A bat is not a bird. Note that this isn't just an arbitrary classification that the Western and European world has created. A bat is a bird as much as a Cocker Spaniel is a cat.

Leviticus 11:6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; ... - Rabbits do not chew their cud (bring up previously swallowed food to chew). They do eat their own dung, but I have heard that there is a Hebrew word for that which would have been used if that was the meaning.

Leviticus 11:4 There are some that only chew the cud or only have a split hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you. --- Camels have split hooves.

James 5:14-15 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up -- Prayer does not cure sickness, or we would have no need for doctors.

The Christian New Testament is very biased against Jews and in favor of Romans. Even Pontius Pilate, who was removed from office for his brutality (and that's saying a lot), is seen as a good guy who seeks to protect poor Jesus from the bloodthirsty Jewish mob -- if only he could. Truth is, the Pilate we know about (from sources other than the patently unreliable New Testament) wouldn't have tried to save any Jew, and could have merely said the word and saved Jesus if that had been what he wanted to do. And the Jewish common folks that we know about would never have gone after one of their own for political reasons (especially for making himself king), like they are alleged to have done here.

The earliest documents (James; the four undisputed letters of Paul) have no details of Jesus' life -- when he lived, when he died, what he was like, what he did, etc. Only those documents that were written after the Gospels began to circulate had any details, and those paralleled what was written in the Gospel accounts. The only exception to this would be a single mention of Cephas in I Corinthians. 15.

The Gospel accounts were written in the following order: Mark (C.E. 70-90); Matthew (C.E. 80-90); Luke (C.E. 80-90); John (much later). The first three appear to have been the official accounts of rival Christian communities, and were never intended to agree with one another; rather, they appear to be trying to outdo one another in some places and seem to be "setting the record straight" in others.

Other archaeological discoveries haven’t just cast doubt on the accuracy of some biblical information but have shown some accounts to be completely erroneous. A notable example would be the account of Joshua’s conquest and destruction of the Canaanite city of Ai. According to Joshua 8, Israelite forces attacked Ai, burned it, “utterly destroyed all the inhabitants,” and made it a “heap forever” (vs:26-28). Extensive archaeological work at the site of Ai, however, has revealed that the city was destroyed and burned around 2400 B. C., which would have been over a thousand years before the time of Joshua.

I can go on...but i think this fills up a good portion of the artists comments.
Oh yes, original concept found on The Thinking Atheist website as a T-shirt design.
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This made me cringe